Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film explained

The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film is an annual award given by the Austin Film Critics Association, honoring the best in animated filmmaking.

Winners

2000s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2005	Sin City	Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
2006	Cars	John Lasseter
2007	Ratatouille	Brad Bird
2008	WALL-E	Andrew Stanton
2009	Up	Pete Docter

2010s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2010	Toy Story 3	Lee Unkrich
2011	Rango	Gore Verbinski
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Rich Moore
2013	Frozen	Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
2014	The Lego Movie	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2015	Inside Out	Pete Docter
2016	Kubo and the Two Strings	Travis Knight
2017	Coco	Lee Unkrich
2018		Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman[1]
2019	I Lost My Body	Jérémy Clapin[2]

2020s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2020	Wolfwalkers	Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart[3]
2021	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Mike Rianda[4]
2022	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	Dean Fleischer Camp[5]
2023		Kemp Powers

Nominees

2019

• Frozen II
• Klaus
• Missing Link
• Toy Story 4

2021

• Belle
• Flee
• Encanto - Byron Howard and Jared Bush
• Luca

2022

• - Richard Linklater
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro
• Mad God
• Turning Red

2023

• The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki
• Elemental - Peter Sohn
• Suzume

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Multiple winners

• Pete Docter - 2
• Lee Unkrich - 2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Awards . Stoddard . Elizabeth . January 7, 2019 . . January 7, 2019 . January 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190108105832/https://austinfilmcritics.org/2018-awards-9e6d354eb8ed . dead .
2. Web site: 2019 Awards . Austin Film Critics Association . 7 January 2020 . January 7, 2020 . https://archive.today/20180109085457/https://austinfilmcritics.org/2019-austin-film-critics-award-winners-4f5ce8c11b71?gi=b211d0e8e9af . January 9, 2018 . live.
3. Web site: 2020 Awards . Austin Film Critics Association . 19 March 2021 . March 19, 2021 . https://archive.today/20180109085457/https://austinfilmcritics.org/2020-austin-film-critics-award-winners-4f5ce8c11b71?gi=b211d0e8e9af . January 9, 2018 . live.
4. Web site: The 2021 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners . Jon . Partridge . . January 11, 2022 . January 11, 2022 . April 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220407175026/https://austinfilmcritics.org/the-2021-austin-film-critics-association-award-winners-4f3d3f92bb14 . dead .
5. Web site: The 2022 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners . Jon . Partridge . . January 10, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111025908/https://austinfilmcritics.org/2022-austin-film-critics-association-award-winners-3eec22706d2f . live.
6. Web site: Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Award Finalists: Tarantino, Bong, Scorsese lead nominations - Screen - The Austin Chronicle . 2022-12-05 . 2022-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408003231/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-03/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-award-finalists/ . live .
7. Web site: Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2021 Awards Short Lists: The Power of the Dog leads the pack with nine nominations - Screens - The Austin Chronicle . 2022-12-05 . 2022-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220104214420/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2022-01-04/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2021-awards-short-lists/ . live .
8. Web site: The 2022 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners . Matt . Neglia . Next Best Picture . January 10, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111042718/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2022-austin-film-critics-association-afca-winners/ . live .
9. Web site: The 2023 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Nominations . Matt . Neglia . Next Best Picture . January 3, 2024 . January 3, 2024 . January 3, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240103165855/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-austin-film-critics-association-afca-nominations/ . live .
10. Web site: 2023 Austin Film Critics Association Nominations . Erik . Anderson . AwardsWatch . January 3, 2024 . January 3, 2024.